Baltimore RNLI assisted two sailors after their motor boat broke down off the coast of West Cork, it emerged today.

When it comes to a unique selling point, this Sandy Island home certainly ticks the box, says Trish Dromey.

Tommy Barker on an architect-designed courtyard home on the outskirts of a booming tourist hotspot.

The chance to own a tidy slice of a scenic West Cork island Reenaroga, with bridge access, near Baltimore, has come to market. 

Yesterday’s search effort was most comprehensive to date, with about 250 dives from 5am to 9pm

The mother of a student who has been missing since he was swept into the sea at Baltimore, Co Cork, last week has made an emotional appeal for more divers to help find her son and “bring him back”.

Search and recovery teams looking for missing Barry Davis Ryan hope that an improvement in weather conditions this week will lead to a breakthrough in their efforts.

From a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California, to slaughter in Tunisia and now to an horrific accident in West Cork, unspeakable tragedy has visited our shores over the past few weeks.

A father and his son’s girlfriend were swept to their deaths in a freak shore accident in West Cork last night.

Almost 1m Belgian television viewers will soon be introduced to the Wild Atlantic Way.

Size: Sq m 121 (1,300 sq ft)

Sq m: 160 (1,700 sq ft)

The captain of a huge cargo vessel who lost “effective control” of his ship off the Cork coast and came dangerously close to running aground, has been fined for failing to notify the coast guard of the incident.

Location: West Cork Price: €400,000

Rossbrin and Stouke, West Cork

A coastal community’s bid to salvage a whale skeleton for use as a tourist attraction has ended in a watery grave.

Skin and blubber samples from the 30-tonne whale that was stranded in West Cork have been sent to Dublin for analysis.

Euthanasia is "absolutely not an option" for the young fin whale which has become trapped at Baltimore harbour in Cork.

A local authority is facing “a logistical nightmare” in removing a dying whale which stranded itself at a harbour in West Cork.

A crew had to jump aboard an unmanned runaway speedboat heading for a busy pier, in what was one of four dramatic rescues Baltimore RNLI performed in just 24 hours.

An alligator was once presented to the people of Cape Clear in West Cork by the captain of a ship that ran into a local boat, killing four men.

A sheep which was stranded for two days on a cliff ledge on the rugged West Cork coast has been given a new fleece of life after a daring rescue by crew from one of the country’s busiest lifeboat stations.

Flares burned and horns sounded as one of Ireland’s busiest lifeboat crews sailed their new hi-tech vessel into its new harbour home yesterday.

More than 20 crew on board a racing yacht are recovering today following a dramatic rescue when it capsized off the Cork coast.

LIGHT winds and glorious blue skies have marked the first few days of Calves Week in Schull this year.

IT’S the setting as much as — or more than — the acreage on offer that appeals at a 24-acre holding at Gortnadrohid, Skibbereen.

A 10-YEAR strategy to enhance life for about 500 inhabitants on the seven islands off West Cork has been launched.

Baltimore inshore lIfeboat was called into service twice last night to assist vessels in distress in poor weather conditions.

Senator Ivor Callely insisted today he had not broken any expenses rules – but vowed to cough up the money if he was proved wrong.

The search for a teenage tourist who was washed into the sea in west Cork has been wound down for the night.

TWO men who went sea fishing in freezing conditions without basic survival gear were lucky to escape with their lives after their boat was swept out to sea.

THERE’S already a fair wind behind the sale of the cove-set, Baltimore harbour bungalow, one appropriately called Fairwind.

COUNTY councillors have reacted angrily to a letter from the Department of Transport telling them only limited finance will be available to do up harbours in Cork before they are taken over by the local authority.

I REFER to your article regarding the status of Kinsale Harbour Board (Irish Examiner, January 17). As a sitting harbour commissioner, I am compelled to correct some inaccuracies in the article.

A ferry that capsized in a sudden storm on Baltimore Harbour was towed to a dock as divers searched for three people, including a child, who were still missing.

A post mortem examination is been carried out on the body that was recovered from the sea off Co Galway this afternoon.

A local lifeboat crew has recovered a body from the sea off west Cork.

Aircraft carriers and guided missile destroyers moved into the waters near New York and Washington after President George Bush placed the US military on its highest alert status.

Ten boat-trippers had a lucky escape this evening when their boat hit a rock and sank outside Baltimore in West Cork.